A friend and I were discussing this particular topic today: is there a cure for death? She was firmly of the opinion there will never be a cure for death because controlling life, which is what death is, is God’s exclusive domain. I, on the other hand, feel that since man (and technology) have already [...]
Posted by BlackMan at 00:13:23 on April 23rd, 2006 in Culture
No Comments »There is no such thing as an impartial view or an objective opinion. The way how human beings are constructed, raised, taught and influenced by life ensures that regardless who we are we are going to be slanting towards one opinion or another. This, to me, is a given which I have seen in action [...]
Posted by BlackMan at 11:56:24 on April 19th, 2006 in Politics
No Comments »Believe me Easter was the last hing on my mind when I was thinking of thoughts for this article! I was not thinking of how Jesus was, allegedly, betrayed by his good brethren Judas Iscariot. But, it is fairly appropriate given what I am thinking about.
What’s on my mind is the thought that you really [...]
Posted by BlackMan at 21:02:14 on April 18th, 2006 in Culture
No Comments »First, let me ask a question. If you had a house rule that states you do not allow anyone to come into your home and defecate on your sofa (settee if you like!), how would you feel if some brave person did just that when you were not looking?
You’d be really mad as h**l, right? [...]
Posted by BlackMan at 17:50:32 on April 17th, 2006 in Society
No Comments »I was bemused to read the story of Norman Kember, the 74-year-old British peace campaigner who was captured by bandits in Iraq and held captive for 118 days in Baghdad before being freed in a daring raid by the SAS.
Apparently Kember has been getting hate mail since then because he has not been too upfront [...]
Posted by BlackMan at 11:56:00 on April 16th, 2006 in Issues
No Comments »Regardless of your personal view, actress Angelina Jolie is currently probably doing more to put Africa on the map than the collective efforts of all other world leaders put together!
This is a very bold statement, I know, but while she is there with Brad Pitt, apparently to give birth to her now due first biological [...]
Posted by BlackMan at 17:12:17 on April 15th, 2006 in People
No Comments »Even if you don’t believe in coincidences or conspiracy theories you simply have to wonder when certain things happen in synchronisation with other things!
Take for instance the defeat of Centre Right Silvio Berlusconi, Italy’s prime minister, in the general election by Centre Left coalition leader Romano Prodi on Wednesday, April 10, 2006. Nothing wrong with [...]
Posted by BlackMan at 12:02:46 on April 14th, 2006 in Politics
No Comments »I actually don’t have to go out of my way to see signs of racism or racist behaviour on the streets of Britain!
Take last Friday (April 7, 2006) for example. I was meeting a woman friend for lunch at a top Yorkshire hotel and we’d agreed to meet by a nearby shopping mall. The mall [...]
Posted by BlackMan at 13:52:36 on April 13th, 2006 in Society
No Comments »I have watched with some bemusement, the media’s growing fascination with Oscar-winning actress Angelina Jolie’s romance with actor Brad Pitt. In some ways it is tragic. In other ways it is quite comical.
The tragedy comes in the fact that the media looks like it will go any distance and to any lengths to get any [...]
Posted by BlackMan at 12:13:35 on April 11th, 2006 in People
No Comments »Last night (April 9, 2006), I watched a BBC documentary which focussed on how British companies discriminate against older employees.
The program, “Must Have Own Teeth“, looked at the extent of age discrimination in the workplace and revealed how some employers blatantly favour younger over older job applicants and get away with it. And other discrimination, [...]
Posted by BlackMan at 16:00:43 on April 9th, 2006 in Issues
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